Ten Bob Head

This phrase has been used in Liverpool for decades.
1 Adjective. Description of a poor attempt to direct a football goalward with the head.
2. Adjective. Description of person who made the poor attempt to direct the ball goalward with their head.
Based on ten bob being a 50p piece, ball has spanged off one of the vertices of the 50p piece which is metaphorically on the footballers head. Ball heads off at a wild angle to that which was intended.

" That was a proper ten bob header mate"
" The state of that, you ten bob head!"

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eggenbaby

Used in Liverpool early 1980s.
1. Leftfield adjective describing something, or someone you loathe, but had to endure for an unreasonable length of time.

" Had to watch the TV with my old dear last night, and the programme she wanted to watch was fucking Matt 'Eggenbaby' Houston"